Simon Girty
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Simon Girty was an interpreter and intermediary with the British Indian Department during the American Revolutionary War and the Northwest Indian War. He and his brothers, James and George, were captu
Portrait of Lord Dunmore by Joshua Reynolds, 1765
Detail of Colonel Crawford Burned at the Stake by Edward Lepper, 1906
St. Clair's defeat, which Girty fought in
American dragoons charging Indian warriors during the Battle of Fallen Timbers
Simon Kenton
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Simon Kenton was an American frontiersman, soldier, and pioneer who played a significant role in the settlement of Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio. He was a contemporary and friend of notable figures suc
Simon Girty
…Wakatomika on the Mad River in October 1778 and learned that the Shawnee were intending to burn one of their captives. Girty recognized the prisoner as Simon Kenton, whom he had befriended during Dunmore's War. Girty convinced the Shawnee to spare Kenton's life. When the Shawnee later recanted their decision, Girty…
Portrait of Simon Kenton by Richard W. Dodson, c. 1834
Site of the village of Chillicothe, where Kenton ran the gauntlet